This post is part of a series of posts about Advanced Group Policy Management. If you want to see the other post in this series you can use the links below: Introduction to Advanced Group Policy Management (a.k.a AGPM) v4 How to install the Advanced Group Policy Management Client v4 How to install the Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) Server…

In this series of post I will show you how to install and user Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) v4 tool which part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack  (MDOP). You qualify to use AGPM (and all the MDOP) tools if you have a subscription advantage (SA) licence agreement with Microsoft. The whole suite of MDOP tools are very handy…

Windows Desktop Search 4.0 is a fantastic local search engine for Windows XP that allows users to quickly search all their local files and network file servers. This is also a requirement for anyone that want to use the instant search feature in Outlook 2007 as it utilises this search engine to perform an index of your inbox. However as…

For the first time Tuesday 09/06/2010 this web site it a mile store of over 1000 visitors in one day (WOOHOO!!!). The gain in popularity of this site from its begging’s only 6 months ago has been totally amazing. I would like to thank everyone who has visited this site and especially those who keep coming back. I hope that…

This weeks Group Policy setting should be used in environments where you still use a logon script. While I implore you stop using logon scripts (see http://www.ihatelogonscripts.com ) they are still out there for a majority of customers and as such still need to be properly managed. This setting is called “Maximum wait time for Group Policy scripts” but it…

Update 2: Adobe has now published an official Group Policy Administrative template that has a pre-configured setting to disable Java Script. Check out my ne blog post How to configure Group Policy for Adobe Reader XI for instructions. Update: This article is a re-publish of a post I have previously posted. This time I have updated the “Configuring Automatic Update for…

In this article I have will show you how to turn off the Backup Notification message in eh Windows 7 Action Center. I have previously blogged about how to do this using Group Policy Preferences here (How to use Group Policy to turn off the Backup Notification in the Windows 7 Actions Center) however since writing this post Microsoft has…

I just got my hands on Jeremy Moskowitz (fellow Group Policy MVP) latest publication called “Group Policy – Fundamentals Security and the Managed Desktop” and as I found it to be a really great book for Group Policy I decided to do a review. This is an updated version of Jeremy previous Group Policy books that has been updated to…